Bending-tool.



J. F. SCRIBNER. BENDING TooL.

APPLlCAlON FILED MAR. 19. 19|?- .ranas r. scatena, or carcasa, trainers, assiettes. 'ro n at. n.1e.anrnenfr'` com, or carcasa, rnrrncrs, a cortroaarron or trainers. Y f

BENDING-TGOL.

Patented New. 2W,

Application med March 19, 191'?. Serial No. 155,709.

To all 'whom t 'may concern.'

Be it known that l, JAMES F. SCRIBNER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, -have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bending-Tools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tools for bending pipes and the like. Its principal objects are to provide a strong and durable pipe or rod bending tool which is easily' operable, of few parts, simple of construction, cheap in manufacture, and one'which is highly eflicient in operation. A particular object is to provide a hand-controlled bending tool capable of being used variously on the Hoor,

in a vise or other holding means on the.

work bench, or for bending partially fixed pipes im. situ, and one which is capable of ready adjustment whereby the handle may be positioned rigidly at various angles with respect to the direction of the article bein bent. Other objects and advantages wil appear hereinafter.

1n the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specication, Figure 1 isa face view of the preferred'form of the device showing* it in engagement with a pipe being bent upon the floor2 Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views on the lmes 2--2 and 3 3 respectively of Fig. 1viewed in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 4 is a face view of a modified form of the tool; and

Fig. 5 is a medial longitudinal section of the device of Fig. 4, as on the iine -5--5 A thereof.

The forming member 10 is preferably substantially flat and substantially circular and is provided with an integral Bange or extension 11.to accommodate the curved and preferably arcuate pipe engaging groove 12. Means for holding the pipe in engagement with the forming member and in the groove 12 comprise the hook or clutch element 13 pivotally secured upon the forming member by the bolt 14, the clutch member being open at one side whereby the device may be readily positioned upon a pipe to be bent and be as readily removed therefrom. A radially arranged lever 15 is secured substantially at the center of the disklike former 10, as by the bolt 16, a wing nut 17'being adapted to tighten the lever 15 upon the former 16.

`the bolt 16 as a pivot, whereupon, byf mov-zn In the 2 and .3) the lever 15 has a slot 18,acco `1n'` modatlng the bolt 16 whereby the leveris movable inward or outward with respect to:

,where the parts are as in Fig. 1, the lever.

14 may be moved in its longitudinal' direci-fv 7@ tion outward whereby the projection ondog;y

20 comesout of the Vrecess 22 in whi-chitis;A positioned, and thereupon the lever 15.1fay be rocked into another radial positionnpbn'x 7% ing the lever 15 longitudinally inward: it; 53:1:

will become locked with and uponfthe former 10` in any one of the recesses 22pposite which the projection 20 may have been,f placed. rFhe wing nut 116 thereuponbeing'i@ tightened the device is again ready forense.n with the lever extending in another rad-i direction. f f The hollow enlargement of the lever 5-,; as at 24, is provided so that a handle 25ordi- 85 narily consisting of a piece of pipe, maybe tv.; inserted therein, the set screw 26 holding-i the handle rigidly in place. j

1t is highly desirable in atool offf; 1s;A kind that the operating lever and handlei bein 'rigid engagement with the formingi s, member during the application of the,;.t0ol; to the work as well as in the bending opera tion, and it is important also that the ydirei tionl of the handle be readily adjuStabl-Siii into various angular relations with the work according to the degree of bend deand the dog 21 is also of material thickness.

When the parts are interlocked, as in Fig. 1, theV operator can control thel instrument perfectly., the formerl() and lever 15 being rigidly locked together. Thus, in applying the preferred construction (.Figs.. fz, i

instrument to the work and in advancing it or retracting it along the pipe as occasion may require the operator can roll the device upon the pipe to release partially the clutching member 13, shift the entire tool to new position and at'once repeat the bending operation as ,may be desired. In changing the direction of the handle it is only necessary to retract the wing nut 17 with one hand, draw outward upon the handle and i11- the dog 20 in another of the,v recesses 22 and again tighten the nut 17, the instrument being under easy control at all times.

, In the modified structure of Figs. 4 and 5., the lever 30 has a slot 31 near the periphery of the former 10 and a locking bolt 32 'with VWing nut 33 is slidable in this slot. By moving the bolt 32 outward in the 1ongitudinal direction of-the handle in the slot 31 the bolt is disengaged from one of the reeesses 22 and the lever is thereupon free to be shifted into vanother radial position. After being so shifted and the bolt 32 positioned in one of the recesses 22 a tightening of the *wing nut again locks the parts rigidly whle ein forming. member 10 may be made of ordinary gray cast iron, while for purposes of strength the lever 15 is preferably made of malleable iron. The clutch member 13 is preferably of rolled wrought iron.

While I have illustrated and described a' im movements.

claim: v 1. In a pipe bending tool, the combination of a .formmg member, means for holding a 'pipe in engagement therewith, a lever mounted to rock and also to move in its longitudinal directions on said forming member, cooperating interlockin means on the lever and formlng member or locking the forming member and lever rigidly togetlier, said cooperating means being in such to each other that by moving said member having a groove on one edge portion thereof and a plurality of pro]ect1ons and intervening recesses substantially radially arranged on substantially the opposite edge portion thereof, means for holding a pipe in engagement with said grootge, alever substantially radially held upon the forming member, the lever being mounted to rock into various radial positions, locking means carried by the lever and mounted to move in the longitudinal directions of the lever, said locking means being adapted to interlock with said projections when said locking means am moved inward-toward the center of the formin member, and means for securing said loc g means in relatively fixed relation with the forming member whereby the forming member andthe lever are rigidly locked together.

3. Ina pipe bending tool, the combination of a forming member having a curved groove in an edge portioxlthereof and a plurality of recesses in su stantially arcuate bodilyy arrangement in another edge portion thereof, means for holding a pipe m engagement with said groove, holding means positioned substantially at the center of curvature vof the arc of said recesses for holding an operating lever, an' opera lever mounted for 1n and out substantially radial movement and also to rock into various radial positions on said last mentionedholding means, a rigidprojection carried b said lever and adapted to e -any o said recesses and thereby lock said lever rigidly to said forming member when thelever is moved radially inward, and means associated with said holding means for releasably maintaining said' lever against retraction from its locking relation to said forming member.

JAMES F. SCRIBNER. 

